Uber’s David Plouffe will run politics for the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

 If you want to cure all disease and educate everyone, you’re going to need the government’s…

Bumble is launching video stories to show more of your match

 Bumble will soon release BumbleVID, which will allow users from across the dating platform to create…

Facebook to test showing ads mid-video with publisher revenue split

 Facebook is doing what many publishers had hoped it would one day do, according to Recode:…

Off-the-beaten-path innovation could rejuvenate Twitter

 With rumors swirling that Twitter may (or should) sell, it’s time to ask: Is that for…

Google Hangouts API gets hung out to dry

 Draw with your face? Conference call ping pong? Not any more. Google today quietly revealed that…

Facebook needs to crack down on fake “Live” videos

 Was that space walk or climb of a massive antenna tower really shot on Facebook Live?…

AOL’s Kanvas launches an SDK: now any app can use its photo and video effects

 The rise of apps like Instagram and Snapchat has put photo effects front and center in the world…

Medium lays off 50 employees, shuts down New York and D.C. offices

 It’s not the happiest new year at social publishing platform Medium, apparently. According to a blog post from…